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Siberian rubythroat

Luscinia calliope (Pallas, 1776)

Status not recordedsongbirds

The siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 18.5 g to 24.2 g.

Siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the siberian rubythroat

Weight
18.5 g – 24.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the siberian rubythroat live?

Not recorded

Is the siberian rubythroat endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the siberian rubythroat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusLuscinia
  7. SpeciesLuscinia calliope (Pallas, 1776)

Synonyms Calliope calliope, Calliope calliope anadyrensis, Calliope calliope calliope, Calliope calliope natio anadyrensis, Calliope calliope sachalinensis, Calliope lathamii, Erithacus calliope, Motacilla calliope

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • RubinkehlchenGerman

Catalogue of LifeTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the siberian rubythroat

Other species in the same genus Luscinia.

LC, Least Concern
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

Muscicapidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the siberian rubythroat?

An adult siberian rubythroat weighs 18.5 g – 24.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the siberian rubythroat?

The siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/siberian-rubythroat

MLA

“Siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/siberian-rubythroat.

BibTeX
@misc{siberian_rubythroat_2026,
  title = {Siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/siberian-rubythroat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}